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State the definition of conformity - Answer>> An
individual is said to be conforming if they choose a course
of action that is favoured by the majority of the group
members.
State and explain the three types of conformity -
Answer>> Compliance - Individuals follow what the
group is doing in order to be accepted or to fit in, even if
there personal views may differ to the one they are
portraying. This will not chance their underlying attitude
towards something. (Asch)
Internalisation - This involves both public and private
attitudes and is where the individual may believe that the
groups view, after close inspection, is correct and theirs is
wrong. This leads them to changing their public and
private view towards something in order to be correct. This
is the deepest level of conformity and becomes a
permanent attitude. (Sherif's Autokinetic)
Identification - The individuals attitudes both private and
publicly will change but in this case only for a temporary
amount of time and also is in order to fit in and be liked,
essentially it is a mix of compliance and internalisation.
(Zimbardo)
,There are two explanations for conformity, outline and
explain them - Answer>> Normative Social Influence -
This is where people go along with a majority in order to
feel that they fit in and not be ridiculed for having a
different opinion to everyone else.
Informational Social Influence - Occurs when an individual
accepts information from the majority as they see them as
experts or someone with more understanding of a
particular subject. This is done in order to be correct.
Outline and evaluate a study into informational social
influence - Answer>> Jenness setup an ambiguous
situation where participants were asked individually to
estimate how many beans were in a glass bottle they were
shown. This was recorded and participants were then put
in a room with a group of people and asked as a group to
come to an estimate. Again they were asked individually if
they would like to change their original estimate, and
nearly all of them decided they would like to change. This
shows that most of them went through informational social
influence where they conformed with a group in order to
be correct.
:) - Unlike other research into conformity there is no
deceiving so it is ethically sound
:( - Doesn't give us any insight into non ambiguous
situations where conformity occurs
, Outline and evaluate a study into Normative social
influence - Answer>> Asch conducted a lab experiment
where 50 male students where individually the participants
were put in a room with 7 confederates and took part in a
'vision test'. The confederates were told before hand to
answer wrongly for every task. They were shown a line
and then followed 3 lines on a separate card, named A, B
and C. They had to match which from A, B and C matched
with the original line they were shown. Asch measure the
times that participants conformed with the majority and
found that around 1/3rd conformed. Over the 12 critical
trials 75% conformed at least once, compared to less than
1% in the control group. When interviewed after and asked
why they conformed they stated that they wanted to fit in
and not be ridiculed by the group.
:( - Asch used a biased sample of only males, of which all
were students, meaning it lacks population validity and in
turn the findings into normative social influence cant be
easily generalised to the population
:( - Asch used a task where the participants had to judge
line lengths but realistically when do we naturally come
across a situation like this. This means that the study lacks
ecological validity and cannot be generalised to other
situations
State and explain each factor that affects levels of
conformity - Answer>> Asch conducted his research
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